Attachment for caps.



J. ABRAHAMS.

ATTACHMENT FOR GAPS.

APPLICATION FILED MAB..26, 1912.

1,067,225, Patented July 8, 1913.

INVENTOR JbsE PH :4 BRA HA M5 WITNESSES lUNTTED STATE PATEN T UFFTCE.

JOSEPH ABRAHAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR CAPS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn ABRAHAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Attachment for Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to caps, more particularly to the style of cap worn by chauffeurs, uniformed men and the like, and has for its object to provide an adjustable attachment whereby the crown is kept in proper shape. This attachment is so constructed as to be adjustable and also detachable so as to allow certain parts to be re moved for renewal or replacement.

Further objects will appear from the detailed description and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing illustrating this invention; Figure 1 is a side view of a cap with my improved adjustable attachment secured therein; Fig. 2 is a front view of my adj ustable attachment and shown detached from the cap; Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2 viewing it from the left; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 and partly broken away showing the parts in another position of ad- 'justment; F 5 is a section taken along line 5-5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a detail of the plate containing the apertures through which it is sewed on to the material.

The numeral 1 indicates the crown, 2 indicates the body portion and 3 the vizor of a cap such as ordinarily worn by chauffeurs, uniformed men, etc. The crown 1 extends over the front of the cap and projects outwardly as at l. This crown is made of soft or flexible material and would readily collapse if not supported. To provide such a support, a circular wire has hitherto been used which gives a certain measure of stiffness to the crown. I find. however, that this wire by itself is not sufficient, inasmuch as it provides no means for adjustment of the crown into various shapes, and does not properly support the projecting portion 4. To overcome these difliculties, I provide a flexible metal tongue 5 having pivoted there to at 6, a clip 7 having an eye at its extremity through which the wire 8 extends. This tongue may be bent to any desired degree, so as to provide a ariety of adjustments for part l of the crown. In order to facilitate the easy removal and renewal of this tongue 5, I provide two circular plates 9 and 10 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 26, 1912.

Patented July 8, 1913.. Serial No. 686,412.

which are adjustable relatively to each other, and are adapted to receive the bottom of the tongue 5 and hold it in place. By a simple rotary movement of. one of the plates relative to the other it is placed in position in which tongue 5 can be removed. Plate 9 has apertures 11 formed therein through which a needle may be inserted to sew said plate on to the front part of the body portion 2 of the cap. The metal adjacent to these apertures is struck out as at 12 to allow room for the thread between the plates 9 and 10. Plate 9 is also provided with a struck out portion 13, which is adapt-ed to receive the tongue 5 and retain it therein. Plate 10 is pivotally mounted with respect to plate 9 on a pintle 14: extending through the two plates and holding them together while permitting pivotal. movement of the plate 10. The latter plate is also provided with a cut out portion 15 which is adapted to be brought into registry with struck out portion 13 of plate 9, so as to allow the tongue 5 to be inserted laterally into the recess formed by the struck out portion 13, as shown in Fig. l. The plate 10 is then rotated into the position shown in Fig. 2 closing the opening of the recess in which the end of the tongue 5 extends and thereby preventing its derangement. The periphery of the plate 10 may be provided with ser rations to facilitate the gripping of this plate in the process of turning.

The plates 9 and 10 may conveniently be situated within the sweat band of the cap, and thus avoid any inconvenience or discomfort to the wearer.

It will be seen that I have provided an adjustable attachment which can be easily manipulated and which firmly holds the flexible support for the stiffening means, and which may itself be bent into various shapes to fashion the crown of the cap according to the fancy of the wearer. By reason of the easy detachability, the stiffening and supporting members may be renewed easily and quickly whenever desired.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a cap having a crown portion, a stiffening tongue for said crown portion and a pair of plates constituting a support for said stiffening means, one of said plates being movable relative to the tongue to lock and unlock said tongue to the other plate.

2. In a cap having a crown portion, stiffening means for said crown portion comprising a flexible tongue, a plate'adapted to be secured to the interior of the cap and having a recess to seat said tongue, and a second plate movable with respect to the inserted, said second plate being pivotally movable to lock said tongue within said recess.

4. A cap having a collapsible crown a wire within the crown and adapted to hold it in extended position, a tongue supporting said wire, sald tongue being located at the front of the crown and adapted to be bent so as to adjust said front portion of the crown to various heights and positions.

5. A cap having a crown, astifiening wire within the crown and adapted to hold it in extended relation, a flexible support for said wire located at the front of the crown, an eye member pivoted to the top of said flexible support and through which eye said wire extends and means for locking and unlocking said support in position.

6. A cap having a collapsible crown, a stiffening wire within the crown, a stiff adjustable tongue supporting said wire and adapted to hold it in various positions of adjustment, retaining and locking means for said tongue comprising two relatively adjustable plates located within the cap and attached to the body portion thereof.

JOSEPH ABRAHAMS.

Witnesses:

BERNARD S. DEUTsoH, RAYMOND MALONE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. G. 

